It involved dozens of South African mercenaries and the shadowy security firm that employed them, millions of dollars in secret payments by the United Arab Emirates, a former clandestine officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, and Erik Prince, the billionaire former head of Blackwater Worldwide who was residing at the time in the emirates.
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The ScanEagle was flown for the first time from the deck of naval ship the Rotterdam on Wednesday and made a nine hour flight, says the paper
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An Iranian warship responded to a distress signal from the US-flagged Maersk Texas, a cargo ship of 150 metres (500 feet) and 14,000 tonnes, which was besieged by “several pirate boats,” the navy said.
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The European Union naval force patrolling the Indian Ocean on Tuesday carried out its first air strikes against pirate targets on shore, with a pirate reporting that the raid destroyed speed boats, fuel depots and an arms store.
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It is the Christian Democrats’ worst result ever in the state. In another development, Germany’s Pirate Party won seats in North Rhine-Westphalia, making it their fourth state parliament.
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The Pirate Party is the fastest growing political movement in Europe. In Germany and Scandinavia they are now a real threat for the established power blocs. In Prague they are trying to organize themselves internationally this weekend.
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And yes, ANOTHER Iran bound ship was attacked by pirates. Those naughty Somali pirates remarkably roam the seas far and wide to capture vessels from or on route to Iran.
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If you download and distribute copyrighted material on the Internet, or share any information that governments or corporations find inconvenient, you could soon be labeled a threat to national security in the United States. That’s the aim of a bill in Congress called the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA)…
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After two days of fighting. I am getting the impression that a lot of Iranian ships have been hijacked by Somali pirates lately.
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The Maldives are a very long way from Somalia. Notice however that this is an Iranian ship, and that the Maldives are momentarily a battle ground for influence between China and the US.
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